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Jennifer “Addy” Adkins has bachelors and masters degrees in English Literature from Arizona State University. Originally from the Seattle, Washington area, she has traveled extensively around the world learning about new and different cultures and art forms. After graduating from ASU in 1999, she moved to Paris, France where she discovered how enriching and significant the arts could be in someone’s life. Later, while working at the renowned Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, she created a seminar called Cultural Encounters in hopes that students would be exposed to the arts in an educational environment where questions and ideas could be asked and shared. |
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Will Penrose is a senior in the Barret Honors College at Arizona State University. He is studying drawing in the fine arts college and economics with a minor in philosophy. He highly advocates artistic interaction in individuals' daily lives. He has had the opportunity to show his art at ASU, act in theater, and nationally compete in Latin ballroom dancing for the last three years. Having studied in the British Isles with the Barrett Honors College for one summer and at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland for a year and having traveled extinsively throughout Europe, Will believes art is a tool through which people from all cultures communicate. He believes that by understanding these cultural sensitivities, individuals and societies alike have great potential to acquire knowledge, progress and succeed. |
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Malaya is a senior at ASU, studying Microbiology and Healthcare Administration. Also from Seattle, she is an active member in the Barrett Honors College and has participated in the cultural encounters seminar for three semesters. This has exposed her to many facets of cultural activities in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Studying in Paris for a summer helped her develop an appreciation for the fine arts and humanities. Although first involved with the performing arts as a member of a symphony and a choir, Malyala has deepened her appreciation for the arts from the perspective of an observer. She looks forward to sharing her experiences and love of the performing arts as an instructor for the Cultural Encounters Club. |
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